Tag: Technology Decisions

Adobe develops AI agent for marketers and CX teams Adobe has unveiled a new AI agent aimed at helping marketers and customer experience teams resolve issues impacting their use of the Adobe Experience Platform. The Product Support Agent provides an interactive, guided way for marketers and customer experience professionals to diagnose and resolve issues impacting…

Kyndryl enters alliance with Databricks Mission-critical technology services provider Kyndryl has entered a strategic partnership with data and AI company Databricks to help drive digital transformation. The companies say the agreement will combine Kyndryl’s data and AI services with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to help their customers modernise their IT environments and more cost-effectively…

Shadow AI exposes the cost of slow governance It doesn’t start with a data breach or a compliance scandal. It starts with someone pasting sensitive code into ChatGPT to speed up a demo. Or dropping customer data into an open-source model to test a feature. No approvals. No oversight. Just everyday shortcuts with enterprise-sized consequences.…

HCLTech partners with UiPath on agentic automation Technology company HCLTech has entered a partnership with agentic automation company UiPath aimed at facilitating transformation for enterprises globally. Under the agreement, HCLTech will deploy the UiPath Platform to enable autonomous operations in finance, supply chain, procurement, customer service, marketing and human resources. HCLTech will provide pre-configured AI…

The AI advantage being seen in Australian SOCs While value creation is often an overriding interest of organisations in the current enterprise AI era, there are non-trivial concerns about the ways that AI can be weaponised. This often takes the form of threat actors harnessing AI to enhance their own tradecraft. Recent research by Check…

Snowflake launches raft of new AI products AI data cloud company Snowflake has unveiled a suite of new product innovations aimed at helping enterprises embrace the power of AI. At its annual user conference Snowflake Summit 2025, the company unveiled new solutions including Snowflake Openflow, a multi-modal data integration service designed to unify various types of…

Cybersecurity starts with employees It’s no longer a question of if your business will face a cyber attack, but when. With cybercriminals growing more sophisticated and emboldened, we need to stop thinking of cybersecurity as a purely technical challenge and start seeing it as a human one. New statistics by the Office of the Australian…

Network slicing: A tailored network solution for enterprise businesses Network slicing is an innovative capability offered by 5G wireless technology that allows telecom operators to create multiple virtual networks on a shared physical infrastructure. Each ‘slice’ is a customised, end-to-end network tailored to meet the specific requirements of different services, applications or customer segments. For enterprise…

Race against the clock: Building resilient cyber defences for tomorrow’s threats The cost of recovering from downtime caused by increasing cybercime and other causes is increasing. In this webinar, our experts will discuss the issues: Tim Sheedy, Chief Analyst at Singularity Research and VP Research at Ecosystm, discusses key trends and strategies for business continuity…

Threat actors using aggressive new extortion tactics: report The latest extortion and ransomware report from Palo Alto Networks reveals aggressive new tactics and the escalation of threat actor collaboration. The recently released ‘Unit 42 Extortion and Ransomware Trends January-March 2025’ revealed that threat actors are evolving their tactics, collaborating with state-backed groups and using extortion scams…

CommScope launches new fibre termination platform CommScope has launched a new fibre termination panel platform aimed at enabling simpler upgrades to fibre to the home (FTTH) networks. The CommScope XPND platform comprises a full suite of solutions including panels with interchangeable splice cassettes, adapter modules, optical splitters and cables that can be combined to support…

Kyndryl expands Skytap platform to Australia Mission-critical technology services provider Kyndryl has launched its cloud modernisation solution Skytap into the Australian market. The solution, which aims to help businesses migrate business-critical applications to the cloud, is now available to customers in the Microsoft Azure Australia East data centre region in Sydney. The deployment marks the…

How agentic AI will revolutionise customer experience in Australia The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way Australian businesses interact with their customers. Faced with lockdowns, staff shortages and a massive shift to digital channels, many turned to automation as a lifeline. Chatbots — quick to deploy and relatively cost-effective — were the obvious choice. But what…

AEMC drawing up new electricity connection rules to manage AI boom The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has announced it has completed a comprehensive overhaul of the technical requirements for connecting to the national electricity grid, which includes addressing emerging challenges to the grid from new large energy users such as data centres and hydrogen…

How to prepare your data for AI success AI promises business transformation, but those efforts are likely to fail without the right data foundations. According to Gartner, 63% of organisations either lack or are unsure if they have the right data management practices needed to support AI. As a result, Gartner predicts 60% of AI…

UiPath announces bi‍-‍directional integrations with Copilot Enterprise automation and AI software company UiPath has introduced new capabilities that enable developers to connect Microsoft Copliot Studio agents with UiPath and other third-party agents. The company says UiPath Maestro supports seamless, bi-directional interaction between UiPath and Microsoft agents. The platform can be used to coordinate agents, robots and…

GitHub introduces Copilot AI agent GitHub has embedded an asynchronous coding agent for GitHub Copilot that is capable of testing, iterating and refining code. The AI agent is accessible from Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code, and can spin up a secure and customisable development environment and produce draft pull requests for human approval. To maintain security,…

From passwords to passwordless: building Australia’s next cybersecurity frontier Over the past decade, we’ve seen major technological innovation in Australia and across the world in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and renewable energy. However, one crucial practice has stayed the same: passwords. They have become a default option for both individuals and organisations,…

Tenable adds third‍-‍party connectors to Tenable One Tenable has enhanced its flagship exposure management platform Tenable One with the introduction of advancements powered by the company’s ExposureAI platform. The company says the new enhancements include the introduction of a wide and growing ecosystem of Connectors, designed to enable deeper integration with third party security tools such as…

Arctic Wolf launches incident response platform Security operations company Arctic Wolf has launched a new solution that combines incident readiness with incident response coverage. The company claims that Incident360 Retainer enables organisations to respond with confidence and speed to major security incidents with SLAs as fast as one hour. The solution features a centralised interface…

Meta’s new AI chatbot is yet another tool for harvesting data to potentially sell you stuff Last week, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp — unveiled a new “personal artificial intelligence (AI)”. Powered by the Llama 4 language model, Meta AI is designed to assist, chat and engage in natural conversation.…

HPE expands private cloud portfolio Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has expanded its private cloud portfolio with new tools aimed at meeting increasing demand for unified virtualisation and cloud management capabilities. The expansion includes the launch into general availability of the HPE Morpheus Software family, including HPE Morpheus VM Essentials for managing virtualised workloads and HPE Morpheus Enterprise…

AI agents with customisable human‍-‍AI interaction for transparent decisions Imagine a future where AI systems render decisions and take action with little to no human intervention. With the rapid advance of AI agents, that future is nearly here. That’s why SAS is building the agentic AI future on its bedrock of responsible innovation. SAS® Intelligent…

SAS debuts custom AI models to bust business bottlenecks In the latest wave of its $1 billion investment in industry solutions, SAS has debuted a new selection of AI models. Each model addresses a specific labour- and time-intensive process that can drag business down. SAS’ packaged models come either ready-to-go or intended to tailor and…

Just 8.5% of Aussie organisations have quantum‍-‍safe encryption Australian organisations are woefully ill prepared for the impact of quantum computing on encryption standards and security, according to new research from DigiCert. A survey of senior and C-level cybersecurity managers in three countries found that while 61.4% of Australian organisations recognise the risk quantum computing poses…

SAS digital twins on Unreal Engine transform manufacturing SAS is poised to help transform critical processes in the manufacturing industry with enhanced digital twins that combine SAS’ AI and advanced analytics with Unreal Engine (UE) from Epic Games. With these digital twins, manufacturers like Georgia-Pacific (GP) can experiment with new strategies in simulated digital worlds,…

Teradata announces AI integration with ServiceNow Cloud database and analytics company Teradata has announced an integration with ServiceNow’s Workflow Data Fabric designed to enhance AI agents and enable the operation of autonomous workloads at scale. The integration connects, understands and activates customer data from Teradata on the ServiceNow AI Platform. As part of the collaboration,…

Barracuda unveils multimodal AI threat detection tools Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks has unveiled new threat detection capabilities powered by multimodal AI. The new capabilities promise adaptive, context-aware protection against emerging attacks through the analysis of a range of text and visual data types including URLs, documents and images. The company says they take advantage of…

GenAI: the hype, the hopes and the hard truths As risks to the global economy mount, so does the pressure to generate massive productivity gains through artificial intelligence. Board directors are demanding “What’s our AI strategy and what aren’t we doing that our competitors are?” while top executives are imagining new growth plans with the…

Data centres flex to tackle exponential energy demand from AI upsurge As AI continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible its growing influence is pressuring enterprises, colocation providers, and tech giants to rethink data centre strategy. With that, how can the data centre industry navigate rapid transformation while simultaneously shifting gears at full speed?…

Rubrik and Rackspace launch joint data recovery service Cybersecurity company Rubrik has partnered with hybrid cloud and AI business Rackspace Technology to jointly provide a fully managed isolated recovery service. The new service, Rackspace Cyber Recovery Cloud powered by Rubik, is designed to help enterprises ensure business continuity in the event of a cyber attack.…

Elastic develops automatic SIEM migration tool Search AI company Elastic has introduced a new feature designed to simplify the transition from an existing security information and event management (SIEM) deployment to the Elastic Security suite. The Automatic Migration tool maps existing SIEM detection rules to equivalent Elastic-built rules without the need for exact text matches.…

How organisations can manage cloud spend as AI drives costs up Australia is hitting a new wave of accelerated cloud adoption as businesses embrace AI en masse. This is leading to a flurry of investment. In fact, Australian cloud and IT infrastructure leaders anticipate the rise of AI will lead to a 15% increase in…

CrowdStrike releases agentic AI for the SOC CrowdStrike has unveiled new AI-powered innovations aimed at revolutionising security operations centres (SOCs). During the RSA security conference in San Francisco recently, CrowdStrike unveiled Charlotte AI Agentic Response and Charlotte AI Agentic Workflows, a pair of solutions designed to support autonomous reasoning and actioning within SOCs. Charlotte AI…

Despite rising concerns, 95% of organisations lack a quantum computing roadmap: ISACA Despite mounting concern among 62% of technology and cybersecurity professionals that quantum computing could shatter current internet encryption, most organisations remain critically unprepared, according to new research from ISACA. A further 63% of tech professionals expect quantum computing to increase or shift cybersecurity risks,…

Nearly all ANZ enterprises embracing AI agents: report Nearly all (97%) Australian and New Zealand enterprises are planning to expand their use of AI agents in the next 12 months, new research from Cloudera indicates. A survey into the use of agentic AI found that 91% of respondents from the two countries believe investing in…

Hitachi Vantara introduces new SLA guarantees Hitachi Vantara has introduced new capabilities to its Virtual Storage Platform One solution promising improved performance, cyber resilience and sustainability. The new service level agreement-driven guarantees aim to provide enterprises with the ability to streamline operations, recover quickly from cyberthreats and reduce environmental impact. The performance guarantee ensures applications…

Aussie Broadband goes open source with SUSE Open-source solution provider SUSE has announced that Aussie Broadband has migrated to a cloud-native private cloud platform using SUSE Rancher Prime, SUSE Virtualisation, and a number of other SUSE technologies, achieving 20-30% improvement in operational efficiency. Founded in a regional Victorian living room in 2003, Aussie Broadband has…

Illumio launches AI-powered threat detection platform Ransomware and breach containment company Illumio has launched Illumio Insights, an AI-powered cloud detection and response platform. The solution has been designed to help security operations centre analysts, incident responders and threat hunters uncover hidden risk by discovering risky, malicious and anomalous network activity. It visualises dangerous traffic and behaviour to…

Cloudflare unveils VPC solutions for developers Cloudflare has unveiled a pair of solutions aimed at helping developers build cross-cloud applications on the Cloudflare Workers developer platform. The new solutions, Workers VPC and VPC Private Link, are designed to help address limitations with traditional virtual private clouds (VPCs) that can prevent adoption of newer cloud products.…

Ericsson unveils new wireless branch architecture Ericsson has launched a new line of wireless-first branch architecture designed to support AI-powered operations. The new architecture is anchored by the Ericsson Cradlepoint E400 routing and security appliance, which provides integrated support for the latest 5G, Wi-Fi and LEO satellite wide area networking (WAN) technologies. This appliance is…

Optical fibre: the foundation of AI-ready data centres As artificial intelligence accelerates across industries, it is fundamentally forcing business leaders to rethink how to build and operate data centres. In Australia, hyperscalers and technology giants are accelerating their expansion plans, with the local data centre market expected to double to US$40 billion within four years,…

Who should take the lead in responsible AI? The AI arms race is in full swing, but one question remains unanswered: who’s responsible for making sure it doesn’t go off the rails? Should governments set the rules? Should AI labs embed responsible guardrails from day one? Or is it up to businesses deploying these systems…

GenAI ‘grey bots’ scraping data from websites The rise of generative AI has brought with it the scourge of scraper bots using the technology to target websites 24 hours per day with up to half a million fake requests daily, according to the findings of the latest threat spotlight report from Barracuda. The report found…

The future of security lies in prevention, not reaction In Australia’s rapidly evolving IT landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) remains a double-edged sword: while it transforms businesses by automating tasks and fuelling innovation, concerns over data management and security continue to grow. According to a global report by McKinsey, AI cybersecurity risks are among the top…

Why there’s no efficient automation without integration Automation, integration and AI have evolved from IT tools to an essential part of how organisations operate. Leaders have recognised their value and many are identifying use cases in different departments to boost efficiency and productivity. If there was any doubt, a recent IPSOS survey with Google states…

Tenable reveals GCP vulnerability Tenable Research has discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability within Google Cloud Platform capable of allowing malicious actors to bypass permissions and access private container images. The vulnerability, which has since been patched, involved identities that lack registry permissions but have edit permissions on Google Cloud Run revisions. Tenable has named the…

Tanium partners with DXC on endpoint management Tanium has entered into a partnership with technology services provider DXC Technology under which DXC will offer Tanium’s core autonomous endpoint management platform to organisations across Australia and New Zealand. Under the agreement, DXC will offer and implement the platform for customers. Tanium and DXC have also collaborated…

AI-driven observability: fundamental for business continuity? IT teams now lead frontline efforts to enable business continuity and competitiveness. This isn’t mere speculation — look at the many forces of disruption currently reshaping the business and IT landscape. The rapid adoption and evolution of artificial intelligence, along with the increasing sophistication of modern-day cyberthreats, are continuously…

The expanding role of 5G in retail Since 5G first debuted in the late 2010s, it has gone from ancillary technology to a vital link that powers critical communications for industries worldwide. For retail specifically, it is both growing in popularity and showing a tangible return on investment. According to a recent industry report from…

How the explosion of non-human identities is changing cybersecurity A quiet transformation is reshaping enterprise cybersecurity. Many organisations don’t realise that an increasing volume of digital interactions now happens between machines — automated systems, APIs, bots and IoT devices — not humans. This surge in machine-to machine communication and non-human identities is transforming the landscape,…

Fastly enhances bot management platform Edge cloud provider Fastly has updated its Fastly Bot Management solution with features designed to help organisations defend against scraping, account takeovers and spam. The new features include Dynamic Challenges, which uses real-time analysis of client and server-side characteristics to provide the least intrusive verification method for legitimate users while…

Lenovo, NVIDIA launch full‍-‍stack AI solutions Lenovo has launched a line of full-stack AI solutions, in partnership with NVIDIA, that are designed to help enterprises quickly build and deploy AI agents. The Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage solutions combine Lenovo’s AI range with new platform options that will support the latest NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra platform, as well as…

Building stronger critical infrastructure with Zero Trust Australia’s critical infrastructure is the backbone of our economy and daily lives. From the energy that powers our homes to the water we drink and the healthcare system we depend on, these essential services must be prepared to withstand any challenge. But as global tensions and cyber attacks…

CrowdStrike updates exposure management platform CrowdStrike has added additional capabilities to its Falcon Exposure Management platform, aimed at enabling security teams to identify and remediate high-risk vulnerabilities in network devices. The tools are able to root out vulnerabilities in routers, switches, firewalls and other technologies in real time, without the need for additional scanners, agents or…

Elastic expands observability partnership with Tines Search AI company Elastic has expanded its partnership with AI-powered workflow management company Tines to simplify security and observability workflow automation. The expanded partnership will see the companies provide an integrated product consisting of the Tines Workflow Automation and Elastic Search AI Platform. The joint product promises to provide…

LogicMonitor teams with AWS to simplify cloud migration Data centre transformation technology provider LogicMonitor has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at helping global enterprises accelerate migrations to the AWS cloud. The agreement will leverage LogicMonitor’s hybrid observability platform, which is itself powered by AWS, to help organisations migrate from…

Cloudflare launches quantum-safe ZTNA solution Cloudflare has expanded post-quantum cryptography support to its signature Zero Trust Network Access solution to allow organisations to securely route communications from web browsers to corporate web applications. The company revealed it expects to extend support for quantum-safe connectivity to include all IP protocols by mid-year, broadening capability across most…

Majority of AI use cases delivering on objectives: research Just over half (51%) of AI use cases are now delivering on their business objectives as the technology matures, according to a large-scale research project from Infosys Knowledge Institute. A survey of 3240 companies worldwide across 132 different AI business use cases found that 19% are…

What two years of GenAI has taught us about unlocking value A lot has happened in the two years since generative AI burst into the enterprise consciousness. The technology arrived on a wave of hype, excitement and FOMO — fear of missing out. Most technologists were curious at minimum and wasted no time doing what…

Visa B2B Integrated Payments launches in Australia Australian banks have partnered with Visa to launch the Visa B2B Integrated Payments solution in Australia, which will allow businesses to automate many of their B2B payments. The collaboration with ANZ, NAB, HSBC and Westpac aims to reduce the time business owners need to spend on administrative tasks, and…

Lacklustre governance renders AI nothing more than biased bots Regulatory discussions concerning AI are well underway, but despite attention from the government and private sector, governance efforts are struggling to keep pace with the speed of AI adoption. Right now, 60% of Australian organisations are expanding their AI capabilities, according to CSIRO. At the same…

Happy birthday, Active Directory! 25 years ago Microsoft officially launched Active Directory (AD) as a core feature of Windows 2000 Server, marking a transformative shift in enterprise identity management. Fast forward a quarter of a century, and while Windows 2000 Server has long vanished from data centres worldwide, Active Directory remains as relevant as ever. Such…

WatchGuard launches first solution in SASE portfolio Cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies has unveiled the first in a range of solutions designed to enable easier hybrid Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) implementation. FireCloud Internet Access enables managed service providers to deliver a SASE solution to clients with an adoption model that fits hybrid environments. The solution,…

[White paper] The future of sustainable IT: Practical innovations for businesses For businesses earning trust and maintaining their social licence, sustainability is essential. With rising regulatory and consumer pressures, IT leaders must rethink investments. The good news —sustainability and high-performance IT can coexist. This white paper explores how companies across industries are already adopting sustainable…

Study finds one-third of tech professionals switched jobs in the past two years A career in tech can bring invigorating work, solid compensation and high satisfaction, but can also come with its own stresses — and can be challenging to break into in the first place — according to new research from ISACA. The global…

Four ways CISOs can strengthen their influence in the boardroom Cybersecurity is a top business priority — yet chief information security officers (CISOs) and board members still struggle to meet eye to eye. While both recognise that cyber risk is business risk, they often view the problem and solutions through different lenses. According to Splunk’s…

How businesses can prepare for the age of agentic AI Artificial intelligence has had a transformative impact on the way we do business — and it’s only accelerating. As organisations adapt to AI-driven efficiencies, a new evolution is emerging to redefine business operations, possibly more than future generations of foundational models: agentic AI. Unlike earlier…

Human error damaging productivity for Aussie IT teams Nearly half (43%) of Australian IT teams are spending between 1.6 and 2.9 days per month fixing human errors, according to a new report from endpoint management company Tanium. A survey of IT professionals conducted for the company by PureProfile found that 17% of IT workers are…

Driving DEI and data innovation one step at a time As we celebrate International Women’s Day, I’m reflecting on the transformative journey our team is on and the important role that all of us need to play in driving meaningful change and accelerating progress. Both personally and professionally, I’ve learned firsthand how both commitment and…

Why AI isn’t keeping me up at night Artificial intelligence is cybersecurity’s latest bogeyman. With the recent surge of hype surrounding China’s DeepSeek AI, I can sense the panic intensifying. Across Asia Pacific, AI-powered attacks are often seen as an emerging threat, with governments and businesses scrambling to defend against potential breaches. A wake-up call…

Ruckus launches AI-driven network solutions CommScope has launched a series of AI-driven solutions for enterprise networking from subsidiary Ruckus Networks. The new solutions integrate generative, edge and intent-based AI features with the Ruckus Wi-Fi 7 portfolio to help customers optimise enterprise networks. Solutions include IntentAI, an AI-driven, intent-based enterprise networking solution; GenAI Powered Zero-Touch Network…

Google and Salesforce expand partnership Google and Salesforce have expanded their strategic partnership to cover the integration of Google’s Gemini generative AI models with the Salesforce Agentforce platform. Due to the expanded agreement, Agentforce will be able to utilise Gemini’s multi-model capabilities. This will enable customer service agents using the platform to work with images,…

Why AI-powered DevSecOps is the future of cybersecurity in Australia The development world is at a crossroads. Traditional DevOps is no longer enough to protect businesses against the rise of new and evolving cyberthreats, especially AI-driven ones. In fact, 70% of Australian organisations feel that AI is advancing faster than their ability to defend against related…

AI ambitions slowed by data security and quality challenges: report Boomi has released the Australian findings of its ‘Data Liquidity Index Study’, conducted by Hanover Research. The survey found strong data integration capabilities within Australian organisations, but identified gaps in liquidity as companies battle challenges with data privacy/security and data quality/accuracy. According to the report, 80%…

Explainable AI: building trust and creating value Generative AI is transforming the way businesses operate, expanding the potential of creativity and efficiency and offering innovative solutions at unprecedented speeds. APAC is expected to increase investment in the area by 140% in 2024 and beyond, as businesses continue to adopt generative AI to tap into opportunities…

Boomi launches API management tool Integration and automation company Boomi has launched an API management solution designed to help enterprises transform APIs into strategic growth drivers. The Boomi API Management solution, which has been incorporated into the Boomi Enterprise Platform, comprises Boomi’s existing API management offering with capabilities acquired from Cloud Software Group and APIIDA…

Veeam extends recovery orchestration to Hyper‍-‍V Data resilience company Veeam is extending the functionality of its Veeam Data Platform to include recovery orchestration for Microsoft Hyper-V deployments. The Orchestrator, available to Veeam Data Premium customers, now supports disaster recovery orchestration of Hyper-V machines and orchestrates the recovery of other machines to Hyper-V to support migration from…

Balancing the optimiser and innovator mindset in IT strategy The tension between cutting costs through efficiency and driving growth through innovation is more pronounced now than it has been in decades. But businesses don’t have to choose one over the other: they can strike a balance. Robert Frost captured this dilemma in The Road Not…

UNICEF Australia boosts data governance to maintain supporter trust UNICEF is a children’s organisation with the determination and care to deliver long-lasting impact for every child, no matter what. UNICEF operates in more than 190 countries in some of the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children. UNICEF Australia identified the growing risks associated…

Check Point and Wiz partner to boost cloud security Cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies has partnered with cloud security provider Wiz to help enterprises protect hybrid cloud environments. The collaboration will involve the integration of Wiz’s Cloud Native Application Protection technologies with Check Point’s cloud network security expertise. The integrations will enable joint customers…

Why businesses can’t afford to wait on slow data Data doesn’t just power Australia’s businesses — it defines their potential. But for many organisations, that potential is stuck in neutral, hindered by outdated infrastructure that forces data to crawl instead of sprint. Here’s the acronym-laden problem: traditional systems route data through central processing units (CPUs),…

HPE launches AI-optimised server line HPE has launched a line of eight new servers which it says have been optimised for complex workloads. The HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 range of servers have been designed to help users improve productivity by taking advantage of management features enhanced by AI. The servers will feature the upcoming latest…

Confluent expands partnership with Databricks Data streaming company Confluent has expanded its partnership with Databricks to help enterprises access real-time data for AI-driven decision-making. The expanded agreement will combine Confluent’s data streaming platform with Databricks’ Data Intelligent Platform to support the efficient development of AI applications. Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said the partnership is aimed…

Enterprise AI isn’t autopilot: it’s cruise control that CISOs need to steer While the calendar might have ticked over, the speed on the AI hype train hasn’t slowed down. Large language models (LLMs), in particular, have captured the imagination of business leaders in a way not seen since the advent of the smartphone. As with…

The digital horizon: tracking security trends Surging advances in artificial intelligence (AI), evolving infrastructure demands, intensifying cybersecurity challenges, shifting regulatory frameworks, and radical changes in how we connect and collaborate are all converging to define the Internet’s next frontier. None of these trends stand alone; each influences the others, creating a complex, interdependent ecosystem. This…

Braze opens ANZ headquarters in Sydney Marketing and customer engagement platform provider Braze has opened a new ANZ headquarters in Sydney and launched a data centre based in the city to support its expansion in the region. The new headquarters in the Sydney CBD has been opened following the scaling of the company’s ANZ-based team…

Employees and leaders not seeing eye to eye on AI Workers in Australia and around the world are expressing low levels of trust in their bosses’ ability to implement AI effectively, according to new research from Qualtrics. The findings also reveal differing views on the immediate benefits of the technology. Qualtrics analysed responses from more than 35,000…

The future of data centres in the age of AI Alongside the ongoing expansion of cloud computing, acceleration of data generation and now the exponential increase in AI adoption this past year is growing demand for data centres as the backbone of digital infrastructure. Consequently, Australia’s data centre market is set to nearly double to…

GenAI hype meeting reality for Aussie orgs Despite all the hype around generative AI, new research from Informatica suggests that Australian organisations are facing difficulties moving GenAI pilots into production. The AI-powered cloud data management company has released the findings of its global CDO Insights 2025 survey, revealing that in 70% of Australian organisations surveyed,…

Why Australia will play a pioneering role in 2025’s tech innovation Last year, we witnessed the accelerated growth of new technologies, as they reshaped and moulded day-to-day activity. However, the developments achieved over the last few years are only building blocks for the types of technologies and trends we can expect in 2025. In Australia,…

Lumify Work teams with AI CERTs for AI skills training IT and process training provider Lumify Work has partnered with AI and blockchain certification provider AI CERTs to provide a suite of vendor-agnostic AI certifications for the Australia, New Zealand and Philippines markets. The collaboration will involve the integration of AI CERTs’ certifications with Lumify…

Why Macs could become an Achilles heel for businesses in 2025 In recent years, Apple’s Mac computers have steadily gained favour within corporate environments. Their sleek design, user-friendly interface and perceived superior security have made them a preferred choice for businesses seeking reliable workstations. However, as 2025 unfolds, there are growing concerns that this very…

Barracuda Networks enhances email security suite Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks has announced enhancements to its Barracuda Email Protection solution including flexible deployment options. The company says the upgraded platform is now capable of being deployed either inline or through application programming interface integration, to allow the solution to be incorporated into any IT environment. Inline…

Commvault partners with Crowdstrike Data protection company Commvault has teamed up with CrowdStrike to help enterprises improve cyber readiness in the face of rapidly evolving cyberthreats. Under the partnership, Commvault has integrated its cloud platform with the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon security suite to provide layered threat detection and rapid data recovery. With the integration, when…

The silent danger of the Toxic Cloud Triad: a threat with deafening consequences Cloud technology has revolutionised how organisations operate, offering unparalleled flexibility, scalability and cost efficiency. However, beneath this innovation lies a growing risk many businesses fail to acknowledge: the Toxic Cloud Triad. This dangerous combination of publicly exposed workloads, critical vulnerabilities and excessive…

Oracle adds new AI capabilities to cloud sales platform Oracle is adding new generative AI capabilities to its Oracle Fusion Cloud Sales platform to help sales teams enhance customer engagement and improve productivity. The platform, which is designed to improve sales practices by automating data entry and manual tasks, now has new features including a…

LogicMonitor partners with OpenAI for DC management LogicMonitor has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI aimed at transforming and modernising IT operations and data centre management. Under the collaboration, LogicMonitor will incorporate OpenAI technologies into its Edwin AI platform, which is designed to help enterprises transform IT operations data into actionable intelligence while better managing…

Ten new roles now open under Migration Skills Assessment program The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has announced 10 new specialist occupations are now available under its Migration Skills Assessment program. Australian employers and skilled migration applicants now have expanded technology sector opportunities with the updated Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) and the new Skills in…

A cultural shift can maximise the potential of AI in software development By 2030, half of Australian businesses will integrate AI into their operations. This widespread adoption is shaping the software development landscape and raising important questions about the future of work in the tech industry. With AI set to create 200,000 jobs in Australia…